The problem with basing the decision on the choices of human beings is that human beings are terrible at making the right choices. We make decisions based on instinct and feeling rather than cold hard facts. If we are moving towards an autonomous world then we don't want to make it work like the old biological one, we want it to work better. We should decide what the parameters of the decision are going to be and make the AI select according to the best outcome for society as a whole. This work will obviously have to be undertaken with people who are way to the right on the autism scale so that no sentimentality works its way in to the basic decision making engine.

The problem with basing the decision on the choices of human beings is that human beings are terrible at making the right choices. We make decisions based on instinct and feeling rather than cold hard facts. If we are moving towards an autonomous world then we don't want to make it work like the old biological one, we want it to work better. We should decide what the parameters of the decision are going to be and make the AI select according to the best outcome for society as a whole. This work will obviously have to be undertaken with people who are way to the right on the autism scale so that no sentimentality works its way in to the basic decision making engine.

no surprise the remain vote goes to a faceless machine making decisions about what's best for society.

might be an idea to design machines that prevent accidents so they don't have choose between victims, though. car crashes are not inevitable.

no surprise the remain vote goes to a faceless machine making decisions about what's best for society.

might be an idea to design machines that prevent accidents so they don't have choose between victims, though. car crashes are not inevitable.

Typical disconnection from the real world of a leave voter there. Things will always go wrong, nothing is infallible. If you fail to plan for every eventuality then you end up with, well Operation Enduring Clusterf***, otherwise known as, The UK's attempts to negotiate its exit from the EU.